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Tag Archives: blacklivesmatterDetroit
WORTHY, OTHERS WANT LARGE PORTION OF ‘JUVENILE LIFERS’ TO DIE IN PRISON, DESPITE USSC RULINGS
Worthy seeks renewed LWOP for 40% in Wayne County, where 98% of juvenile lifers are Black, under likely unconstitutional state statute “Lifetime in prison is a disproportionate sentence for all but the rarest of children,” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony … Continue reading
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“JIM CROW! GENOCIDE!” STATE LOAN BOARD APPROVES THEFT OF $1.5 B IN DPS ASSETS, $385 M IN LOANS
Dozens traveled to Lansing to oppose state dismantling of DPS district, and further debt of $385 million Board files whistleblower complaint with SEC alleging that loan rates of up to 18% have cost DPS over $400 million under previous EM’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatbackthebullies, BlackEducationMatters, blacklivesmatter, blacklivesmatterDetroit, DefendPublicEducation, MoneyforEducationnotforBanks, MoneyforEducationnotforwar, SaveDPS, saveourchildren, SaveOurKids, StandUpNow, StopSchoolClosings, StoptheWaronBlackAmerica
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WALL STREET GREED = DEATH OF DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS; FIGHT BACK IN COURT, ON STREETS
Snyder signs Acts 192-197 to abolish DPS, replace it with state-controlled “community district” that will eventually carry heavy debt load Acts also attack DPS workers’ collective bargaining and seniority rights Lawsuit filed to stop dissolution of DPS; says it violates … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatbackthebullies, BlackEducationMatters, blacklivesmatter, blacklivesmatterDetroit, DefendPublicEducation, MoneyforEducationnotforBanks, MoneyforEducationnotforwar, SaveDPS, saveourchildren, SaveOurKids, StandUpNow, StopSchoolClosings, StoptheWaronBlackAmerica
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PROTESTERS DEMAND FREEDOM FOR RASMEA ODEH AND PALESTINE, AS JUDGE DRAIN ORDERS POSSIBLE NEW TRIAL
Video above: Over 60 leading Black and Palestinian artists and activists affirm Black-Palestinian solidarity, including Ms. Lauryn Hill, Danny Glover, DAM, Omar Barghouti, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Yousef Erakat, Annemarie Jacir, Boots Riley, Dr. Cornel West, and many others. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatbackthebullies, blacklivesmatter, blacklivesmatterDetroit, EndRacismNow, FreePalestineNow, Justice4AiyanaJones, Justice4JanetWilson, Justice4Kevin, Justice4Rasmea, Justice4TerranceKellom, StandUpNow, StopDHSattacks, StopICEraids, StopRacistWaronArabImmigrants, StopUSImperialistWars
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STOP TORTURING MICHIGAN’S JUVENILE LIFERS WITH STATE DELAYS! FREEDOM NOW!
Youtube Video above, published on Apr 26, 2016, produced for V.O.T.E by Alex Chemerinsky, Mariah Branyan State juvenile lifers who waited decades for USSC to declare JLWOP unconstitutional subjected to further anguish as state stalls release Of 364 cases, 8 … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatbackthebullies, Blackkidslivesmatter, blacklivesmatter, blacklivesmatterDetroit, Breakdownthewalls, ENDMassIncarceration, FreeMichiganJuvenileLifersNOW, Michissippigoddam, PrisonNation, saveourchildren, SchooltoPrisonPipeline, StandUpNow, StopWaronBlackAmerica, StopWaronourYouth
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FREE CHARLES LEWIS, INNOCENT JUVENILE LIFER WHO HAS SPENT 41 YEARS IN STATE PRISONS
Hearing in case in front of Judge Qiana Lillard set for May 26, 2016, 9 am Lewis has long fought for his freedom, claiming actual innocence and citing recent USSC court decisions in Miller v. Alabama, Montgomery v. Louisiana ‘Pure … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatbackthebullies, Blackkidslivesmatter, blacklivesmatter, blacklivesmatterDetroit, Breakdownthewalls, FREECHARLESLEWISNOW, MassIncarceration, Michissippigoddam, PrisonNation, saveourchildren, SchooltoPrisonPipeline, StandUpNow, StopJLWOP, StopWaronBlackAmerica, StopWaronourYouth
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MICHIGAN JUVENILE LIFERS SCORE 6TH CIRCUIT APPEALS COURT VICTORY IN HILL V. SNYDER
In Hill v. Snyder, 6th Circuit rejects state statutes, calls for “meaningful and realistic opportunity for release” for all state juvenile lifers Michigan officials including AG Bill Schuette, Wayne Co. Prosecutor Kym Worthy have opposed ANY relief for children sent to … Continue reading
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WHY IS JUVENILE LIFER CHARLES LEWIS STILL IN PRISON, 16 YRS. AFTER HIS CASE WAS DISMISSED?
Judge Qiana Lillard acknowledges court order dismissing case at hearing April 21, 2016, takes no action Lewis’ state court files, filling three cartons, have mysteriously “disappeared,” next hearing to feature last known official in possession Lewis is one of state’s … Continue reading
STATE WAR ON DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTINUES, “SELLING BLACK CHILDREN TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER”
Michigan Legislature still debating provisions of bills that would end DPS Current Detroit Board of Education, parents file class action lawsuit citing irreparable harm to Detroit’s children under state control Retaliation continues against teachers who closed 80 percent of Detroit … Continue reading
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DYING IN PRISON: MICHIGAN JUVENILE LIFERS GET NEW HOPE UNDER MONTGOMERY, STILL FACE OBSTACLES
U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 25 in Montgomery v. Louisiana that Miller v. Alabama decision declaring JLWOP unconstitutional is retroactive But MICHISSIPPI’s juvenile lifers still have “many rivers to cross” in state with 2nd highest number of JLWOPer’s in U.S., under … Continue reading
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